The police department of Montgomery County, Maryland, has been sued for an outrageous misuse of force involving a police dog. The dog seriously mauled an unconscious child on March 17, 2006. The boy had wandered away from a party, not committed or even suspected of a crime. The police officer who was responsible for the […]
Melissa Miller, 24, of Caldwell County, Texas, has been indicted for negligently inflicted homicide (also known in some states as manslaughter) and felonious injury to a child. The charges stem from the death of her son, Tyson Miller, who was 28 months old. The boy was left unsupervised for several hours, during which time he […]
A statistician sent me an e-mail question (which anyone can do from the home page of www.dogbitelaw.com). He asked whether dog bites are going up or down. Sounds like a simple question, right? It is not. If we are talking about non-fatal bites, nobody knows whether the number has gone up or down. The insurance […]